What’s for dinner? Coca-Cola BBQ roasted chicken with cornbread
You’ll never buy store-bought barbecue sauce again. This Coca-Cola version is easy to make and delicious!
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Serves 6
You’ll need: 1 x Goldi chicken hardbody; 1 x 340ml Coca-Cola; 1 cup tomato sauce; 1 tsp chilli flakes or 1 chilli, sliced; 1 onion, quartered
For the cornbread – 1 cup mielie meal; 1½ cup bread flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; 2 tsp paprika; 1 cup Amasi; ¼ cup oil; 1 egg; 1 can creamed corn or 1½ cup corn kernels
How to:
Preheat the oven to 170°C.
In a saucepan, combine Coca-Cola, tomato sauce, and chilli.
Bring the BBQ sauce to a gentle simmer, stirring so that it doesn’t catch. Reduce by half (this takes about 10–15 minutes on medium heat).
Place chicken and onions in a baking dish. Pour over the BBQ sauce. Roast for 30 minutes, basting halfway.
Cover with foil after 30 minutes and cook for a further 45 minutes, basting halfway. (For every 1kg of chicken, roast for 50 minutes.)
Serve with cornbread and salad.
For the cornbread:
Grease a medium-sized bread tin (25cm x 7.5cm).
Combine all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
Mix the amasi, milk, egg, oil, and corn.
Make a well in the centre of your dry ingredients. Pour your wet mixture into the centre, gently stirring to combine.
Spoon batter into a bread tin and smooth over the top.
Bake for approximately 60 minutes. The bread is done when a skewer comes out clean.
Allow the bread to cool slightly before turning it out on a cooling rack.
* Recipe & image by www.astralchicken.com